by Austin Cushing
Member since:
February 1, 2007

Comment Speedway: Chat

April 09, 2008 02:22 PM EDT
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Hi, guys! It's me, Austin -- how're you all doing today?

It's one week until our second Comment Speedway contest starts, and I don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty excited about it. We also broke Help These Articles' 'most articles helped in one session' record, which is pretty cool -- 176 articles so far -- and is excellent practice for our upcoming contest. Also, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but we're almost at 1,500 members now -- and on the Most Popular Gather Groups list, we're currently at #50 (out of 11,681 groups)!

I'm going to be posting this week's Help These Images article later today, but if anyone has questions about the contest, or just wants to hang out, hop on in and let's chat!
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Comments: 42

Ashmin C. Apr 9, 2008, 2:26pm EDT
Sounds great! I have a heafty load of catching up today. I barley got 50 points in two days which sounds horrible. Then again, I wasn't home for a full day and a half. Today I hope to get to 550 points. If I'm lucky I can get more. Really trying hard to get my gift card.
Kimber L. Apr 9, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
Austin I think you and your group are great!!!
Kimber L. Apr 9, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
Your wife is cool too!! You guys are the best
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 2:28pm EDT
Oops -- I stand corrected. Lunch is ready, so I'll be back in about twenty minutes. ::grins::
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 2:28pm EDT
Thanks, Kimber!

Ashmin, how many points do you have so far?

(Yep, I'll respond when I get back, hehe.)
Jodie P. Apr 9, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
Hi how was your lunch? I had soup about an hour a go and am now thinking of what to make for dinner. Good news about your group growing to be so big that is great good for you. I like comming to your site to play.! :0 I hope that you hve a good day.! By the way I gave to a 10 for your chat today.
April H. Apr 9, 2008, 2:38pm EDT
I'm looking forward to another contest!
J R B. Apr 9, 2008, 2:42pm EDT
Contest should be nice.
☆ ƒåitĥ ☆ Apr 9, 2008, 2:43pm EDT
This is GREAT news, Austin. Your group is a really good one, moderated really well and it helps lots of people out.

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but I posted a tip article for the people trying to reach the cash option and I added Breaking 3000, Comment Speedway and Rating Resurrections to the list because they're so helpful to people!
Jodie P. Apr 9, 2008, 2:46pm EDT
It must of been some lunch that you are still going Austin.. Hello Are you there :)
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
faith... I'm currently at 1132 points! :)
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
Alrighty, I'm back!
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
Yesterday I had 900... :) I appreciate you adding me to your list!
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
welcome back austin!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 2:52pm EDT
And yes, lunch was tasty.

Thanks, Faith!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 2:52pm EDT
Thanks, Christy!
☆ ƒåitĥ ☆ Apr 9, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
That's cool, Christy - looks like you're doing well and no problem adding you to the list. It's been really fun for me to do this for people and I hope to continue doing it.
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
no problem! :)
☆ ƒåitĥ ☆ Apr 9, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
No problem, Austin - thanks for providing great places for people to post their content.
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
It's a great idea... to help people who want to reach the cash option!
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:54pm EDT
I would be going insane trying to search through all of the articles to find the ones with more than 10 comments! :) You do a great job austin! :)
Christy F. Apr 9, 2008, 2:54pm EDT
movie time! Have a great day all!
☆ ƒåitĥ ☆ Apr 9, 2008, 2:56pm EDT
When you get back, Christy, let us know what you watched and how it was, ok?
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 3:02pm EDT
::grins:: It's a little easier now that Krissy's on board as a moderator -- she does a good job, and between the two of us we've been doing much better at keeping Comment Speedway and Rating Resurrectionists clear!
carmel m. Apr 9, 2008, 3:16pm EDT
cool
Nancy 67 Apr 9, 2008, 3:28pm EDT
Just thought I'd stop in and say, "Howdy!" Great group you started here, Austin! Way to go!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 3:34pm EDT
Thanks, Nancy!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
I reeeeally wish that Gather would let folks put titles on images...
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 4:10pm EDT

Comment Speedway is planning for its second contest, starting April 16th!

We ran one of them back in January, and it seemed to meet with some pretty good success -- so we're getting ready for our second one next week. Welcome to the group, Dandy!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 4:38pm EDT
Back in a bit -- I noticed some of the Help These Articles articles got to ten comments, so I'm going to go put up some more articles!
David C. Apr 9, 2008, 4:57pm EDT
Looking forward to the next contest, Austin, oh mighty God of Gather.
Kathryn M. Apr 9, 2008, 5:04pm EDT
How do you get your articles on the list?
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 5:19pm EDT
Whew, I got the Help These Images feature up while I was at it!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 5:25pm EDT
Kathryn:
Basically, just make sure they're posted to Comment Speedway, and sooner or later they'll get featured when you least expect it! (If they aren't already, don't forget that you can edit your older content to crosspost it to Comment Speedway -- so if you have content that's got less than ten comments and isn't something time-sensitive, now is a good time to go back and crosspost it, especially if it has three comments or less. Trust me.)
Kathryn M. Apr 9, 2008, 5:29pm EDT
Thanks. I will work my way through all of the images tonight, lol. That is always a challenge for me.
Katie R. Apr 9, 2008, 5:30pm EDT
Hope everyone is having a good week!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 5:42pm EDT
::winks:: Keep checking back on that one and the articles one, Kath, because I'm basically going to be replacing them as they get cleared instead of in waves this week, to get people warmed up for the contest!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 5:42pm EDT
Hiya, Katie!
Austin Cushing Apr 9, 2008, 7:46pm EDT
I'm off to clear stuff from the group, but if you leave a message, I'll be back later!
Amy H. Apr 10, 2008, 7:17pm EDT
Nice group thanks for having me!
Amy H. Apr 10, 2008, 7:17pm EDT
I gave your content a 10. I comment back!
L. H. Mar 17, 2009, 5:05am EDT
Thanks, I like to do this. All those choices, articles, pictures, video's, very nice.

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